Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Making Domain Controllers cover more then one site

When designing Active Directory sites and services, usually you decide which Active Directory site objects you want to place your domain controllers. Sites are usually mapped to physical locations but can also be logical depending on your design.

However, there is a registry key on domain controllers that allows a domain controller to be authoritative for more then one site object in Active Directory. This registry key is known as SiteCoverage.